Quote:I can't blame her too much for that one. Plenty of career politicians go from Washington to the traveling circuit, and those who held senior positions in government get paid a ton of money to essentially deliver the same canned speech for a year straight, with only minor ad-libs here and there, maybe a Q&A section. I saw Colin Powell give speeches twice in one year, and it was basically the same speech, complete with the same joke about how going through airport security and crawling on board a regional jet is a little different than having his own personal 757 was.

 

Retired politicians.   Retired.   Not a current Secretary of State and future Presidential candidate. 

 

Read this: 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cas....html?_r=0

 

"And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock."

 

And it doesn't matter that it was Bill getting the cash in that case.   They're married.   His money is her money.   And the deal with the Russians could not go forward without her approval. 

 

"...the ultimate authority to approve or reject the Russian acquisition rested with the cabinet officials on the foreign investment committee, including Mrs. Clinton — whose husband was collecting millions in donations from people associated with Uranium One."

 

This isn't some right wing hack reporting this.   It's the New York Times.  

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